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07-20-2009, 01:27 PM
Thread: Swaty provenance
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That's how I interpreted it as well. Many firms...
That's how I interpreted it as well. Many firms are proud of their long histories and will quote the date they started even if that was in a different locality. Factories tend to be relocated when...
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07-20-2009, 08:36 AM
Thread: Swaty provenance
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I would interpret this as follows: since 1879...
I would interpret this as follows: since 1879 they were made in Wahring near Vienna and from 1888 his son took over and moved production to Maribor. At the time Maribor was part of Austria and called...
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06-27-2009, 11:13 PM
Thread: Swaty provenance
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Swaty still exists and has a factory in Maribor,...
Swaty still exists and has a factory in Maribor, Slovenia. Maribor is called Marburg in German.
On the 2nd page of their catalogue there's some history:...
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